Joint Liaison Office in ICT

A main task of the DRAGON-STAR project is to support the preparatory activities for setting a Joint Liaison Office.

Plan of Joint Liaison Office in ICT

1. Partners involved Europe and China

Europe

University of Messina

Fraunhofer IOSB-AST

Wagningen University

China

CICTA(China-EU Center for Information and Communication Technology in Agriculture), China Agricultural University

2. Offered services

Providing assistance services to different kinds of actors (SMEs, academics, etc). The services include introduction of FP7/Horizon 2020, conditions for participation in FP7, how to prepare proposals, how to submit proposal and so on.

DRAGON-STAR is funded by FP7, aiming to support the Chinese participation in Horizon 2020, the reciprocity originating from the signed EU-China Scientific Cooperation Agreement, the bilateral cooperation in scientific, technological and industrial research and innovation fields, and the ongoing EU - China Innovation Cooperation Dialogue.

DRAGON-STARPLUS follows its predecessor (DRAGON-STAR), in its important mandate to provide support services to European and Chinese researchers and policy makers, and to offer a flexible platform to facilitate policy discussions between European and Chinese stakeholders. The project has received funding under European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, under Grant Agreement No645775